# Frequent redirects to viruse notification/hijack pages **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 14, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169 "2017-01-14T23:02:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/1 "2017-01-14T23:02:29Z")
Lately I’ve been getting redirects to the virus warming redirect pages. Back button doesn’t work and I’ve had had to exit the browser to get rid of it. Happens on both my Android tablet and phone. Screenshot of browsing history showing address of pages below. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/EOrX4dY.png?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/WEBNr) I’m not clicking on any ads on the page, simply being on a SDMB post and reading it leads to the redirects. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/2 "2017-01-14T23:17:10Z")
Same thing for me. I can’t even go back to get to the page I was on - it just redirects to the offending site over and over again. I have to kill the tab and start over. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/3 "2017-01-14T23:20:38Z")
Oops. Yeah, I meant kill the tab, not exit the browser. I can usually go back to the page I was reading with no more problems. But this has happened maybe 6 or 7 times in the last two days. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/4 "2017-01-14T23:42:43Z")
YES. It’s happening several times a day for me on my phone. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/5 "2017-01-15T00:12:58Z")
Yes. It’s been getting very bad. Something really needs to be done. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/6 "2017-01-15T01:07:26Z")
If the redirects are similar to those illustrated on [this page](https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-android-virus/) then it’s malware. There are instructions there for removing the malware from Android phones and I’m sure there are similar instructions out there for other phones. (NB I haven’t tried this myself so best advice may be to compare different sites for malware removal.) ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/7 "2017-01-15T01:45:39Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > If the redirects are similar to those illustrated on [this page](https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-android-virus/) then it’s malware. There are instructions there for removing the malware from Android phones and I’m sure there are similar instructions out there for other phones. (NB I haven’t tried this myself so best advice may be to compare different sites for malware removal.) No, they aren’t similar to those apart from having scary looking virus warnings. That article describes push ads that appear in the notification bar. These redirects only happen when a tab is open on a Dope page, and only in that tab. They never happen if there is no SD tab open. They look just like the fake virus ads that a lot of dodgy sites pop up to try to trick you into downloading malware. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/8 "2017-01-15T02:01:18Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > If the redirects are similar to those illustrated on [this page](https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-android-virus/) then it’s malware. There are instructions there for removing the malware from Android phones and I’m sure there are similar instructions out there for other phones. (NB I haven’t tried this myself so best advice may be to compare different sites for malware removal.) Not even remotely. These are malicious redirects from a page, not from the android system or malicious apps. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/9 "2017-01-15T02:29:54Z")
Of course I was redirected by hitting this thread. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/10 "2017-01-15T02:41:30Z")
> [@RetroVertigo](#): > > Of course I was redirected by hitting this thread. As was i. But I’ve been getting them for a few days now. It is…not fun. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/11 "2017-01-15T02:41:59Z")
This something that needs to be addressed by the site administration. Since I got the original hijack I turned on my VPN while I surfed around the site. In 20 minutes the VPN tracked over 400 attempted ad trackers. Ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/12 "2017-01-15T02:45:41Z")
I have had at least 5 hijack attempts today. It’s maddening. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/13 "2017-01-15T02:50:12Z")
Oh, good. It’s not just me, then. I hope this gets fixed soon. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/14 "2017-02-23T07:31:45Z")
Ok, it was a good run, but I just got redirected again just like before. Android. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/15 "2017-02-23T15:57:40Z")
I got hit by the redirect last night for the first time in a few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/16 "2017-02-23T16:36:36Z")
I got this several times yesterday. [Screenshot](http://greenwoodsoftware.com/misc/ss-20170222.png) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/17 "2017-02-23T16:40:11Z")
Thank goodness I’m old school and browse from a heavily protected PC. If I live to be 1000, I am _ **never** _ going to have brain implants, no matter how “secure” they supposedly are. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/18 "2017-02-23T16:49:01Z")
Thanks for the heads up. Exploration begins anew. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/19 "2017-02-23T17:13:37Z")
Just got it again on chrome on android. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169/20 "2017-02-23T19:23:43Z")
Happened just now. Android. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frequent-redirects-to-viruse-notification-hijack-pages/777169.md?page=2)